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so you know how it's kind of tough to keep track of a ton of smart home products when you have a ton of different apps to manage well smart things a startup turned Samsung brand has a solution a $99 second generation hub that has ZigBee z-wave as well as an if channel and a ton of in ass alerts and customizations smartthings 2.0 also adds some new product integrations including Belkin Wemo products Amazon echo and more so in terms of sheer compatibility with third-party products this one wins hands down but it isn't perfect in fact I think the smartthings app is one of the most confusing that I've ever tried to navigate it looks alright at a glance but actually finding the stuff you need is way more complicated than it should be if you're just looking to ease into the whole smart home thing I would actually recommend skipping hubs altogether but if you're sold on the whole smart home thing I do think smart things is a solid bet if you can get past all of that app wonkiness here at the C net smart home I'm Megan Morton preceeded appliances be sure to check out my full review on CNET com